Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Ballast of Surface Aggregates Sinking through the Twilight Zone, supplement to: Mendes, Pedro André; Thomsen, Laurenz (2012): Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Ballast of Surface Aggregates Sinking through the Twilight Zone. PLoS ONE, 7(12), e50865
The dissolution of CaCO3 is one of the ways ocean acidification can, potentially, greatly affect the ballast of aggregates. A diminution of the ballast could reduce the settling speed of aggregates, resulting in a change in the carbon flux to the deep sea. This would mean lower amounts of more refra...
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PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
2015
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.846489 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.846489 |